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The "import" command:

Usage: fossil import ?--git? ?OPTIONS? NEW-REPOSITORY ?INPUT-FILE?
or: fossil import --svn ?OPTIONS? NEW-REPOSITORY ?INPUT-FILE?
Read interchange format generated by another VCS and use it to
construct a new Fossil repository named by the NEW-REPOSITORY
argument. If no input file is supplied the interchange format
data is read from standard input.
The following formats are currently understood by this command
--git Import from the git-fast-export file format (default)
Options:
--import-marks FILE Restore marks table from FILE
--export-marks FILE Save marks table to FILE
--svn Import from the svnadmin-dump file format. The default
behaviour (unless overridden by --flat) is to treat 3
folders in the SVN root as special, following the
common layout of SVN repositories. These are (by
default) trunk/, branches/ and tags/. The SVN --deltas
format is supported but not required.
Options:
--trunk FOLDER Name of trunk folder
--branches FOLDER Name of branches folder
--tags FOLDER Name of tags folder
--base PATH Path to project root in repository
--flat The whole dump is a single branch
--rev-tags Tag each revision, implied by -i
--no-rev-tags Disables tagging effect of -i
--rename-rev PAT Rev tag names, default "svn-rev-%"
--ignore-tree DIR Ignores subtree rooted at DIR
Common Options:
-i|--incremental allow importing into an existing repository
-f|--force overwrite repository if already exists
-q|--quiet omit progress output
--no-rebuild skip the "rebuilding metadata" step
--no-vacuum skip the final VACUUM of the database file
--rename-trunk NAME use NAME as name of imported trunk branch
--rename-branch PAT rename all branch names using PAT pattern
--rename-tag PAT rename all tag names using PAT pattern
The --incremental option allows an existing repository to be extended
with new content. The --rename-* options may be useful to avoid name
conflicts when using the --incremental option.
The argument to --rename-* contains one "%" character to be replaced
with the original name. For example, "--rename-tag svn-%-tag" renames
the tag called "release" to "svn-release-tag".
--ignore-tree is useful for importing Subversion repositories which
move branches to subdirectories of "branches/deleted" instead of
deleting them. It can be supplied multiple times if necessary.
See also: export